Re: tOfficial Trial Thread..

[Trapper Gus]

And on April 15, 2024, the criminal case of The People of New York v. Donald J. Trump began in Manhattan.

For the first time in history, a former president is facing criminal prosecution.

The case has been dubbed a “hush money” case by the media, but it is really a case about election interference. In 2016, shortly after the Access Hollywood tape in which then-candidate Trump boasted of sexually assaulting women became public, Trump allegedly falsified business records of the Trump Organization to hide payments to individuals who possessed damaging stories about him, especially about his behavior with women, before the election.

Then–Trump fixer Michael Cohen paid adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who alleged she had had an affair with Trump, $130,000 through a shell company. He also set up a $150,000 payment from the publisher of the National Enquirer to Playboy model Karen McDougal, who also claimed to have had an affair with Trump. That money would give the National Enquirer exclusive rights to the story, meaning they could decline to publish it and she could not take it elsewhere. This practice is known as “catch-and-kill.”

Trump then allegedly falsified business records to reimburse Cohen for “legal expenses.” Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg has charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying those records. The case might last as long as 8 weeks.

In many ways, this trial is a vindication of the rule of law. Despite his many attempts to delay it, a former president is facing accountability for his actions just as any American should.

Left Wing Media

[Robert J Sakimano]

I feel bad for the prospective jurors.

I can't imagine having to sit in the same room as that diseased, bloated sack of putrid christian filth.

I'd request a HazMat suit.

[Motown Spartan]

Rumor has it that Eric Trump is the only potential juror that is ill-informed enough to actually be a juror.

[DWags]

[Robert J Sakimano]

has our hero managed to stay awake and not drool on himself today?

[DWags]

has our hero managed to stay awake and not drool on himself today?

Reports he fell asleep again, but this time farted. So, there's that.

[DWags]

One of the comments: Trump farted, judge asked "Was that a fart?", Trump replies, "Some of it".


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[Floyd Robertson]

One of the comments: Trump farted, judge asked "Was that a fart?", Trump replies, "Some of it".


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Thank God for Depends

[Robert J Sakimano]

One of the comments: Trump farted, judge asked "Was that a fart?", Trump replies, "Some of it".


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jesus fucking christ.

reminder that the self-proclaimed "grab 'em by the pussy" christian is on trial for paying a porn star hush money... and this is his behavior during the trial itself.

and that his popularity will only increase with the Zurn/RQA types.

America is a stupid country.

[Jake from State Farm]

One of the comments: Trump farted, judge asked "Was that a fart?", Trump replies, "Some of it".


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jesus fucking christ.

reminder that the self-proclaimed "grab 'em by the pussy" christian is on trial for paying a porn star hush money... and this is his behavior during the trial itself.

and that his popularity will only increase with the Zurn/RQA types.

America is a stupid country.

I highly doubt he paid Stormy Daniels anywhere near enough to do to him what he wanted done to him, even with the hush money.

[tGreenWay]

No idea who did this.

[Robert J Sakimano]

reminder to the time that the mainstream media was outraged that the black guy from Kenya wore a grey suit.

[Trapper Gus]

Sleepy Don...

[sεяεηιτλ]

This moron is bitching about not being able to attend Barron's graduation before the judge even ruled on it.  He comes off as completely disingenuous.  What's actually happening here is that he's pissed that he's actually being treated like a normal person would when standing accused of a crime.

Maybe think about that next time before you try to write off a bribe as a business expense.

the entertaining part is that his racist wife had just given birth to Barron when our christian hero was off screwing porn stars and paying them hush money.

Seven months before an alleged tryst with porn star Stormy Daniels, Donald Trump told radio host Howard Stern that he would give his pregnant wife, Melania, a couple of days — or maybe a week — to regain her model figure after giving birth.

I’ll give her a week’ to lose the baby weight, Trump said of Melania, months before alleged tryst with porn star

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The craziest thing is that he spoke like the graduation was yesterday, and dumbass click bait media is running with headlines like he actually missed it, as if he would actually be graduating at this time of year. And I'm sure all the idiots somehow don't get that and eat that shit right up

[gomersbro]

reminder to the time that the mainstream media was outraged that the black guy from Kenya wore a grey suit.

I thought it was a brown suit. Maybe now would be a good time for the MSM to go back and review our kindergarten lessons on colors.

[Robert J Sakimano]

glad to see the mainstream media amplifying their narrative to the people who think that jury verdicts, the courts, the US judicial system and the Constitution don't really mean anything.

Former AG Barr rips 'political' Trump hush money case, says 'real threat' to democracy is progressive left

Caution: Mainstream Media Link

[Trapper Gus]

They have 12 jurors now, well until they start dismissing them.

[DWags]

They have 12 jurors now, well until they start dismissing them.

Jesse waters will give out their addresses today.

[tGreenWay]

[Robert J Sakimano]

as he does every other day of his pathetic life, the racist, bigoted christian sexual predator and convicted rapist is whining... again.

Former President Trump on Friday demanded that the judge in his hush money payments case remove a gag order that prevents him from speaking publicly about witnesses in the trial.

"I am not allowed to speak," Trump said in brief remarks before he entered the Manhattan courthouse. He asserted his constitutional rights were stripped away by the judge and that he cannot respond to "lies" told about him in the press during his trial.

"The gag order has to come off. People are allowed to speak about me, and I have a gag order just to show you how much more unfair it is. And the conflict has to end with the judge. The judge has a conflict. The worst I've ever seen," Trump said.

poor little whiny guy....

Caution: Mainstream Media Link

[kingstonlake]

So someone lit themselves on fire in the designated protest area for the hush money trial?

Main we’re circling the drain faster than I thought.

[Robert J Sakimano]

So someone lit themselves on fire in the designated protest area for the hush money trial?

Main we’re circling the drain faster than I thought.

CNN- New York

Man lit himself on fire outside the courthouse where Trump's trial is underway

From CNN's Mark Morales and Brynn Gingras

A man lit himself on fire outside of the courthouse where the Trump trial is underway, two law enforcement sources confirmed to CNN.

man, the vaccine is making people do some weird shit.

[DWags]

[DWags]

Donald Trump is delivering his own type of gag order

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[Trapper Gus]

I was reading he has an aid in the courtroom feeding him social media messages...

[DWags]

So someone lit themselves on fire in the designated protest area for the hush money trial?

Main we’re circling the drain faster than I thought.

So it sounds like the guy that did this, is a conspiracy theorist, and it’s not about Trump or the trial, but it’s about cryptocurrency.

It’s about, mental illness, some thing I’m pretty sure we all knew right away

[Motown Spartan]

How ironic is it that the man that calls Joe Biden “Sleepy Joe” falls asleep in court?!

[Trapper Gus]

For those of us who remember Russia, Russia, Russia in this fast moving crime spree...

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/19/trump-russian-money-appeals-court-00153339

[Robert J Sakimano]

if you're ever wondering where republicans/libertarians like Zurn/RQA get their talking points from:

Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham

Pray for former President @realDonaldTrump. His enemies want to do everything they can to destroy him, to put him in jail, or to drag out this trial to prevent him from campaigning. I’m not telling you to vote for him—I’m asking you to pray for him.

political and religious leaders are referring to law enforcement, the courts, the US judicial system - all of which are rooted in the Constitution - as "enemies".

these religious freaks are fucking insane and dangerous. And they will stop at nothing to protect their christian hero.

[GRR Spartan]

Franklin Graham is a shadow of his famous father.  

He doesn’t fill arenas, doesn’t get donations and worst of all, outside a small circle of evangelicals it’s Franklin who?

Trump could have a debilitating stroke tomorrow and he’d still win the nomination and get 40%of the vote in November.

[sεяεηιτλ]

as he does every other day of his pathetic life, the racist, bigoted christian sexual predator and convicted rapist is whining... again.

Former President Trump on Friday demanded that the judge in his hush money payments case remove a gag order that prevents him from speaking publicly about witnesses in the trial.

"I am not allowed to speak," Trump said in brief remarks before he entered the Manhattan courthouse. He asserted his constitutional rights were stripped away by the judge and that he cannot respond to "lies" told about him in the press during his trial.

"The gag order has to come off. People are allowed to speak about me, and I have a gag order just to show you how much more unfair it is. And the conflict has to end with the judge. The judge has a conflict. The worst I've ever seen," Trump said.

poor little whiny guy.....

Caution: Mainstream Media Link

Like usual, he's acting like his constitutional rights to talk about everything has been stripped. Reality is that he simply cannot talk about the witnesses, the jury, or the people directly involved in the trial. Everything else is fair game still. No person on trial should be able to talk about the people the gag targets, it's insane that this is even an issue but here we are, he has a nationwide megaphone every time he talks so of course things to curtail intimidation is needed, he has the ability and low morality to get people speaking out against him killed. Poor whiney bitch is right

[Trapper Gus]

CHEERS to Showtime!!!  The jury is seated. The lawyers are prepped. The judge is polishing his gavel. Social media is in pre-meltdown mode. The New York Times is dutifully thinking up reasons why this is all terrible news for Joe Biden. The defendant is diapered, drugged, and dripping with orange lady makeup. And later this morning the farts hit the fan when Donald J. Trump becomes the first President of the United States to be put on trial for committing felonies in the pursuit of political power:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/22/2236268/-Cheers-and-Jeers-Monday?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

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[Robert J Sakimano]

as stupid as Americans are and as screwed up, in general, as America is, ya gotta love a place where a man named "Pecker" is set to testify about a bloated, drug-addicted, filthy, obese, sweaty, racist, bigoted, orange, convicted rapist who is a christian and his relationship with a porn star.

I mean, if that came on my TV as a 'movie of the week', I would not be able to turn the channel fast enough.

[TravelinMan]

So someone lit themselves on fire in the designated protest area for the hush money trial?

Main we’re circling the drain faster than I thought.

Ban matches!

[Trapper Gus]

So someone lit themselves on fire in the designated protest area for the hush money trial?

Main we’re circling the drain faster than I thought.

Ban matches!

Thousands of people killed each year with guns, RWNJ's say we need more guns.

One idiot sets himself on fire for "reasons", TM all in on banning matches./s (Yes he is trying to be sarcastic)

One of these things is not like the other, bada boom bada bing.

[DWags]

So someone lit themselves on fire in the designated protest area for the hush money trial?

Main we’re circling the drain faster than I thought.

Ban matches!

With all those people there, I wonder if he wojdl have. been ab le to purchase a weapon even though he had been arrested 4 times. Would Florida allow background checks on him? Thankfully, he only did himself in.

[Robert J Sakimano]

Ban matches!

Thousands of people killed each year with guns, RWNJ's say we need more guns.

One idiot sets himself on fire for "reasons", TM all in on banning matches./s

One of these things is not like the other, bada boom bada bing.

the death-starved gun nuts show us who they are when they screech things like "ban matches" - they say more about themselves than decent people who value our family, friends and neighbors ever could.

[TravelinMan]

Thousands of people killed each year with guns, RWNJ's say we need more guns.

One idiot sets himself on fire for "reasons", TM all in on banning matches./s

One of these things is not like the other, bada boom bada bing.

the death-starved gun nuts show us who they are when they screech things like "ban matches" - they say more about themselves than decent people who value our family, friends and neighbors ever could.

That's it! You're definitely off my non-denominational holiday-inspired card list now!

[Trapper Gus]

https://apnews.com/article/trump-trial-jan-6-supreme-court-immunity-jack-smith-985c2c52088d5af4d574a9f9258bcf9b

Arguments coming up soon.

IMO the court will not grant absolute immunity, however they may rule that Trump was performing official duties.

[Robert J Sakimano]

https://apnews.com/article/trump-trial-jan-6-supreme-court-immunity-jack-smith-985c2c52088d5af4d574a9f9258bcf9b

Arguments coming up soon.

IMO the court will not grant absolute immunity, however they may rule that Trump was performing official duties.

it's important to remember that nothing will ever come from any of this. America protects rich white men. Even when they're broke and orange.

It's also important to remember that (as The Hold Steady says) "we are our only saviors". So if decent Americans vote, we can stop this insanity.

(until our votes aren't counted anymore.. which is the ultimate goal of republicans/libertarians).

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